Cem Emir Güldoğan, Erdinç Çetinkaya, Şiyar Ersöz, Hüseyin Berkem, Nermin Damla Hatipoğlu, Ahmet Keşşaf Aşlar

Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Genel Cerrahi Kliniği, Kolorektal Cerrahi Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye

Keywords: Childhood ileus; ileus; meningomyelocele disease.

Abstract

Neural tube defects, spina bifida and meningomyelocele disease, are one of the causes of chronic constipation. The first diagnosis of meningomyelocele- induced ileus in older age is very rare since it is a condition more commonly encountered in childhood. We discuss this issue in our case report.